Latest news
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McAfee launches security service with facial and voice recognition
14.05.2013
McAfee announced McAfee LiveSafe, an unlimited cross-device security service that uses facial and voice recognition technology to protect users’ digital lives.
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Use your iPhone for biometric scanning
10.04.2013
AOptix unveiled AOptix Stratus, the first comprehensive mobile identity solution “Made for iPhone” delivering iris, fingerprint, voice, and face recognition in a truly integrated solution.
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TypeWATCH: Advanced persistent e-biometrics
28.03.2013
Watchful Software released TypeWATCH 1.2, an e-biometrics solution that leverages the science of Keystroke Dynamics to identify and authenticate users simply by the way they interact with their system.
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Doctors used silicone fingers to fool fingerprint scanner
14.03.2013
Fingerprint scanners might not work with severed fingers, but artificial ones still manage to fool them, as proved by the recent discovery of a fraudulent scheme set up by doctors working in the Ferraz de Vasconcelos hospital in the Sao Paulo state in Brazil.
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New security startup tackles strong authentication
12.02.2013
Nok Nok Labs launched today. Through its Unified Authentication Infrastructure, which leverages existing technologies such as fingerprint sensors or webcams, TPM chips, or voice biometrics, organizations can authenticate securely.
Spotlight

Review: Logging and Log Management
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Every security practitioner should be aware of the overwhelming advantages of logging and perusing logs for discovering system intrusions. But logging and log management comes with its own set of difficulties.

Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.
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